Covers various aspects of proper strength training. This title debunks certain myths and misconceptions such as explosive training and sport-specific training. It shows how to perform nearly 50 exercises with dumbbells in a safe and effective manner.

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This review is from: Dumbbell Training for Strength And Fitness (Paperback)

If your workout employs dumbbells (Powerblocks in my case), this book is a great resource.

Though Brzycki doesn’t go into the depth of why HIT works as much as his other books (Maximize Your Training; A Practical Approach To Strength Training), the book does provide a reasonable background on training philosophy as well as rep, set and tempo recommendations.

The gem that sets this book aside from others are the thirty plus workouts from outstanding trainers at the high school, collegiate and professional level from all around the United States. Excellent stuff that will keep any training enthusiast happy for a long time to come.

Bottom line? Buy this book. It’s well worth the investment in time, money and your health.

This review is from: Dumbbell Training for Strength And Fitness (Paperback)

There are a couple of “cons” to this book: I agree with previous comments that the photos are too small and not always at the best angle for showing the proper positions. Also, some of the models are wearing oversized T-shirts and sweatshirts that make it hard to see how they are holding their arms, positioning the back, etc. I also agree with the previous reviewer who said the squat in this book is a Bulgarian Squat, not what people would normally do for a regular squat. And the lunge does look like a split squat, not a regular lunge. When a routine in the book calls for a squat, I do a regular squat, not the Bulgarian Squat from the book.

But overall this is a great book, with many great upper body routines, split routines, and specialization routines to choose from. Each routine was sumbitted by a different professional, and I’m enjoying sampling all the different training styles! The routines are short too, which makes it easy to stick with and find time to fit in a workout.

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